UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: WPSU will host an alumni trustees candidate forum at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 13, via livestream to introduce alumni candidates seeking to join the University's Board of Trustees. Viewers will be able to join the livestream at www.watch.psu.edu/botforum2024/. The program will also be archived for later viewing. This forum is an opportunity for candidates to introduce themselves to alumni vo  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 5 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: Effortless, enjoyable productivity is a state of consciousness prized and sought after by people in business, the arts, research, education and anyone else who wants to produce a stream of creative ideas and products. That's the flow, or the sense of being "in the zone." A new neuroimaging study from Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab is the first to reveal how the brain gets to the cre  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- Duquesne University issued the following news release: Duquesne University's Palumbo-Donahue School of Business announces the selection of five finalists for the 2023 - 2024 Duquesne New Venture Challenge (DNVC). Now in its fifth year, this national entrepreneurship competition has garnered attention for its commitment to fostering innovation and supporting early-stage startups. "The 2023 - 2024 DNVC set records with more than 100 entries. Our 18 semifinal  more

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: Grove City College will welcome acclaimed poet Christian Wiman to campus this spring for the annual Christian Writers Conference. Wiman, an author and professor of communication arts at Yale Divinity School, will meet with students and faculty, deliver a lecture, and share his work at a reading during the March 26 conference, which is sponsored by the Department of English. "Christian Wiman is among  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: In the past week, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll were joined by transit-agency officials and local leaders across the Commonwealth to highlight how Governor Shapiro's budget proposal to invest in transit agencies is a commonsense way to create good-paying jobs, spur economic development, and help Pennsylvanians reach the  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 4 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis counseled Talen Energy Corp. (OTCQX: TLNE) on the sale of its 960-megawatt Cumulus data center campus in northeast Pennsylvania to a major cloud service provider. As part of the transaction, Talen and the cloud service provider have agreed to a long-term power purchase agreement whereby Talen will sell carbon-free, behind-the-meter power to the service provider from Talen's adjacen  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- Lycoming College issued the following news: Co-founder of One Financial Services Jack Morrone '84 will be the featured lecturer for Lycoming College's James W. Harding Executive Speaker Series. The event is slated for Monday, March 25, 7 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room, in the Krapf Gateway Center on the Lycoming College campus. The event is free and open to the public. In his talk, "Adversity Introduces You to Yourself," Morrone will reflect on th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * * Goal is to 'be collaborative about treatment so that patients feel like they have ownership of their recovery' and stay in recovery longer * First time this care is being used in opioid treatment * NIH grants will fund studies to improve care at Chicago, Pennsylvania methadone clinics * * * Northwestern University clinical psychologist and scientist Kelli Scott is trying to re-envision  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll, Executive Deputy Secretary Larry Shifflet, Director of Fiscal Management Chuck Zimmerman, Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation Meredith Biggica, Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration Mike Rebert, Deputy Secertary for Driver, and Vehicle Services Kara Templeton, and Director of Equitable Transportati  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Colonel Christopher Paris, Deputy Commissioner of Operations Lieutenant Colonel Geroge Bivens, Deputy Commissioner of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Joanne Reed, and Special Assistant to the Commissioner Brooke Mead testified today before the House Appropriations Committee. House Republicans focused their questions on the finan  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: Rep. Thomas Kutz (R-Cumberland) is partnering with Rep. Justin Fleming (D-Dauphin) to introduce legislation that would strengthen transparency for prospective Pennsylvania students who are shopping for opportunities in higher education. Their bill would require the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to create a comprehensive comparison tool that would provide valuable data to stu  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: According to the latest E-Verify audits, Pennsylvania's Department of General Services (DGS) imposed monetary fines on four construction companies that violated the state's E-Verify law, Sen. Chris Gebhard (R-48) announced. Contractors found in violation include J&T Paving, KC Construction, Kobalt Construction and Don E. Bower. E-Verify is a free, fast electronic system that verifies ne  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: U.S. Army combat veteran Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) is inviting Pennsylvania women who served in the armed forces to take part in a state Capitol ceremony celebrating their service. The ceremony will be held at noon on Monday, June 10, 2024. Female veterans and family members of female veterans are invited. The event will include an exhibit featuring photos and biographies of women who  more

WELLSBORO, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Pennsylvania Treasurer issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Treasurer Stacy Garrity visited Highland Chocolates, a nonprofit chocolate factory and retail store owned by Partners in Progress, today to conclude her statewide tour to celebrate the PA ABLE Savings Program surpassing $100 million in assets. PA ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts are a tax-free way for Pennsylvanians with disabilities, and their families, to save w  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State Centre Stage will produce "Tartuffe" by Moliere, translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur, March 19-30 at the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus.  Tartuffe is a sanctimonious scoundrel who, professing extreme piety, is taken into the household of Orgon, a wealthy man. Under the guise of ministering to the family's spiritual and moral needs, he almost destroys Orgon'  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Pennsylvania American Water today announced the start of $2.2 million water line upgrade projects to replace more than 8,000feet of water main in Nanticoke to improve reliability for customers, reduce service disruptions, and increase water flows for firefighting. The system improvements replace water main dating as far back as the late 1800s. The   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following statement on March 4, 2024: * * * This week, David McCormick's campaign amplified an endorsement from Jim Jordan, a prominent election denier and anti-abortion extremist. As McCormick touts the endorsement, he has yet to answer for his deep ties to fake electors and insurrectionists involved in plots to overturn the 2020 election and his support for an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Pitt Engineers Utilize Chemically-Generated Fluid Flows to "Fingerprint" Reagents in Solution * * * A living organism's nose is essentially a biological molecule detector that sends neurological signals to the brain, which then decodes a particular scent. Human noses, with six million olfactory receptors, can distinguish more than one trillion scents,/1 wh  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- Post and Schell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Post & Schell, P.C. is pleased to announce that Casualty Litigation Principal and Chair of the firm's Products Liability Litigation Practice Group, Richard B. ("Bruce") Wickersham, Jr. has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. The induction ceremony took place on March 2, 2024, during the 2024 Spring Meeting   more

ATHENS, Pennsylvania, March 5 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that it has advised PPC Renewables S.M.S.A., the renewables arm of Public Power Corporation S.A., one of the leading power utilities in Southeast Europe, on its successful acquisition of a portfolio of wind assets totalling approximately 164 MW from Intrakat S.A. In addition, the firm advised on the parties' strategic cooperation for the joint   more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 5 -- Rowan University issued the following news: Rowan University President Ali Houshmand in February was among a select group of leaders seen as most likely to shape Greater Philadelphia in 2024. Named one of the Philadelphia Business Journal's "Power 100," Houshmand joined a list that includes Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, DuPont CEO Ed Breen, Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens, and University of Pennsylvania interim president J. Larry Jameson. "As Rowan University c  more

NEW YORK, March 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School issued the following news release: * * * Nineteen Early Career Fellows Selected to Solve Challenges in Artificial Intelligence Through Multidisciplinary Research, With Up To $5.5 Million in Support from Schmidt Sciences * * * Today, Schmidt Sciences announced that Wharton Professor Daniel Rock will join the second cohort of nineteen AI2050 Early Career Fellows who will pursue bold and multidisciplinary research in   more